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Dardanelles

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Coordinates: 40°12′N 26°24′E / 40.2°N 26.4°E / 40.2; 26.4

The Dardanelles, a lang narrow strait dividin the Balkans (Europe) alang the Gallipoli peninsula frae Asie Minor

The Dardanelles (/dɑːrdəˈnɛlz/; Turkis: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: [Δαρδανέλλια Dardanellia] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), umwhile kent as Hellespont (/ˈhɛlspɒnt/; Greek: Ἑλλήσποντος, Hellespontos, leeterally "Sea o Helle"), is a narrae strait in northwastren Turkey connectin the Aegean Sea tae the Sea o Marmara.